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Former "Growing Pains" star Kirk Cameron was the big winner, or loser, Saturday at the jocular 35th Golden Raspberry Awards, which dishonors the worst in cinematic achievement. "Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas," a faith-based holiday comedy that earned a 0% rating on rottentomatoes.com, received four Razzie Awards at the ceremony at the Montalban: worst picture, worst actor, worst screenplay and worst screen combo -- Kirk Cameron and his Ego. "Transformers: Age of Extinction," "Left Behind," "The Legend of Hercules" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" were the other worst film nominees. Cameron Diaz received the...

"American Sniper" scored big again at the box office with an estimated $31.9 million -- a number that, if it holds up, will set a record for Super Bowl weekend.
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There is no stopping “American Sniper,” as the film took the top spot in the Friday box office for the third week in a row. The Clint Eastwood-directed war drama pulled in another $10 million and is expected to reign the entire Super Bowl weekend with...

Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper" is expected to tackle three box office newcomers over the Super Bowl Weekend.
The war drama could be No. 1 for the third weekend in a row and add $35 million to $40 million, according to people familiar with...

Mainland China’s box office revenues jumped more than 36% in 2014 to $4.8 billion, the fastest pace of growth in four years, propelled by Hollywood action, fantasy and sci-fi films like “Transformers: Age of Extinction” and “Interstellar,” and homegrown...

"Ouija," the new horror film from director/co-writer Stiles White, is based on the spooky board game that claims to commune with the spirit world. But no special equipment is needed to hear from movie critics, who have made it clear they find...

Michael Bay, the four-time "Transformers" helmer, has long been a purveyor of militaristic action draped in apolitical big-budget fantasy. For his next directorial project, however, Bay could be applying his flair for pyrotechnics to an...

The box office is looking at a grim Halloween weekend.
The last time Halloween fell on a Friday was in 2008, when total box-office receipts were down 37% compared with the same weekend in 2007.
This weekend will also likely be slow, as many moviegoers...

The crime thriller “Nightcrawler” starring Jake Gyllenhaal and the horror flick “Ouija” essentially tied for first in a traditionally slow Halloween weekend at the box office.
Both films grossed an estimated $10.9 million in the U.S. and Canada. With...

Once Upon a Time in America: Extended Director's Cut
Warner Bros., $14.97; Blu-ray, $34.99
The long, tortured history of Sergio Leone's 1984 masterpiece reaches a semi-happy end with the release of a new 251-minute, restored version on DVD and Blu-ray...

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The M Word
At a struggling Los Angeles TV station, a children's show actress leads her female colleagues as new management arrives from New York on a cost-cutting mission. With Tanna Frederick, Michael Imperioli and Gregory Harrison. Written...

Michael Bay, the "Transformers" film series producer, has sold his estate in Bel-Air for $11.45 million.
The three-story clean-lined contemporary was designed by the late Jack Warner, whose architectural firm worked on the Bel-Air Country Club....

LAS VEGAS — Movie stars may excel in front of the camera, but not every actor is cut out to speak in front of a live audience. Especially in the Caesars Palace Colosseum, the intimidating 4,148-seat venue normally home to Celine Dion that this week has...

"Heroes are not born. They're created." That's one of the lessons of a new teaser trailer for the Michael Bay-produced "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movie — although in this instance, one might say they're re-created.
Based on the...

When promoting a big-budget summer film, there are plenty of stops at which movie stars are expected to shill their product. Actors hole up in fancy hotels for press junkets, trade banter with David Letterman and fly overseas to walk red carpets.
But...

"War of the Worlds: Goliath" sets its 3-D animation against an alternate reality — one in which a Martian invasion at the beginning of World War I forces Earthlings of all nationalities to form a united front. The 3-D notwithstanding, the film...